Macy, IN
Macy wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Macy lands at the 2nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 141 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Macy at the 2nd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
83% of Macy's 141 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 17% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Macy against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Macy's 2nd national percentile and its 12th percentile inside Indiana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Macy ranks 31,017 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,244 by building count (1 is largest). Within Indiana alone, it ranks 856 of 967 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Indiana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Macy
At the 2nd national percentile, Macy rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Macy's 83% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Macy's 2nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Macy, see the exposure-zones guide.